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Today on News 7, the speed limit is coming down on parts of Interstate 81. We'll tell you when and where.
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And Michael says his days at Virginia Tech are over. We'll have a live report.
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In Medical News, Lewis Gale Clinic faced off with two of its former doctors in court today. We'll have the latest.
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And the state recognizes the accomplishments of a military legend who later in life became a television star.
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Calling it the hardest decision of his life, Michael Vick says he is leaving Virginia Tech to begin his career in the N-F-L.
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It's official Virginia Tech Quarterback Michael Vick will forego his final two years of college eligibility to play in the N-F-L.
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Steve Mason is in Newport News with the first report of the night.
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Travelers on Interstate 81 will have to drive a little slower beginning next week.
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As of next Thursday, parts of Interstate 81 between Salem and Botetourt County will change from 65 miles per hour to 60.
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Kate Weidaw is live in Roanoke County to tell us why the speed is dropping.
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Speaking of travel- there's a new a new proposal that could help ease congestion at Exit 150 in Daleville.
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The Virginia Department of Transportation wants to re-route US-11 and 220 to break up the heavy traffic
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At an informational meeting today in Fincastle, many people said while they understand the need for improvement, they're worried about the impact on local business.
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V-DOT hasn't made any specific plans yet. It will have a proposed route for US-11 in the next six weeks.
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If the plan is approved, construction will begin in 2006.
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A judge refuses to force two local doctors to stop practicing medicine in the Valley. Coming up next on the newscast, we'll have the latest on the dispute between the Lewis Gale Clinic and its former employees,
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also Texas authorities discuss the problems that helped seven dangerous men escape from prison.
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A series of bad judement calls- and complacency may have aided seven inmates in their escape from a Texas prison.
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A state report released today shows- the prison staff failed to report unsupervised inmates- guards did NOT recognize inmates disguised as civilians and prison administrators did not respond quickly to a fire alarm.
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The mother of a police officer allegedly slain by the escaped inmates- compared the system to a bad movie.
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Hawkins blames not only prison officaisl but also the states elected officials for the escape.
The 7-inmates escaped December 13th.
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A dispute between Lewis-Gale Clinic and two of its former physicians is far from over.
The clinic has filed a law suit against the doctors in Salem circuit court for violating the "no compete clause" in their contracts.
In the meantime, the clinic had requested the judge grant a temporary restraining order against the doctors from practicing in the area until a final ruling was made.
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Health check reporter Joy Sutton has been following this story and has more on where things stand.
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Jean,
Earlier this week the judge denied the clinic's request for a temporary injunction.
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But the clinic still has the option of appealing to the State Supreme Court.
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While he refused to dismiss the case altogether, Judge Jonathan Apgar denied a temporary injunction against doctors Preston Waldrop and Greg Reibel(Ree-bul).
The doctors' lawyers says this is still good news for his clients --since they can continue to see their patients.
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((THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THESE DOCTORS ARE TAKING CARE OF SURGICAL PATIENTS AND I THINK FOR THE GOOD OF COMMUNITY AND THE GOOD OF THE PATIENTS THAT THIS MATTER BE RESOLVED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ))
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Waldrop and Riebel (Ree-bul) left the clinic in November -- and opened a new clinic, Virginia Orthopaedics in Salem.
The clinic says that violates the "no compete clause" in their contract.
And it's unfair to all the other doctors.
The clinic's say all the other doctors who left either honored their contracts or settled.
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((JON NESS/CEO LEWIS GALE CLINIC: WE'VE INVESTED SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES IN HELPING THEM DEVELOP A PRACTICE AND HAS HAD AND CONTINUE TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE CLINIC AND IS UNFAIR TO REST OF THE PHYSICIANS WHO ARE HONORING THEIR COMMITMENTS AND THEIR CONTRACTS ))
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The clinic has 15 days to appeal the decision.
The clinic's board will make the decision of whether to appeal.
Depending on that decision that's when the judge will set a trial date.
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Jean,
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The sports utility vehicle is about to change. The leading car makers say they are changing the popular vehicles to meet the needs of the American driver. Drew Levinson has more.
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Theyre the darlings of suburban America--the SUVs.
And despite their gas guzzling ways and protests by environmental and
safety experts, these big machines continue to roll out of the show room.
And there are plenty more on the waybut now many of them are
traveling under a different name-XUV.
X in this case stands for crossover.
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THE CROSSOVER MELDS A BLEND OF A COUPLE OF CAR LINES.
Buicks Rendezvous combines the comfort of a car, with the roominess of
a minivan and ruggedness of an SUV.
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WE STILL HAVE A HIGH COMMAND SEATING POSITION BUT A LOWER STEP-IN
HEIGHT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOWER FLOOR, AND WE HAVE A MUCH MORE SUPPLE
RIDE.
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WITH THE CROP OF NEW SUVS RIPENING YOU MAY WANT TO WAIT TO PICK OUT
YOUR NEW WHEELS. SOME AUTO EXPERTS SAY THE CROWDED MARKET COULD MEAN THE
DAYS OF THOSE TOP DOLLAR STICKER PRICES ARE COMING TO AN END.
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WERE GOING TO SEE GOOD BARGAINING POSITIONS FOR CONSUMERS ON JUST
ABOUT ALL OF THEM EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THE NEWEST ONES
And with auto companies forced to cut back on production-the prices on
those newest models may also come down sooner than the experts
predict-thats good news for drivers looking for a new ride.
Drew Levinson, CBS News, Detroit.))
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Coming up next on the newscast, Winnie the Pooh's still a favorite with children- Jacey Birth tells us where he's hanging out these days.
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Winnie the Pooh... Eyore and of course Tigger too! will all be at the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center this weekend and next.
Jacey Birch stopped by rehearsals this afternoon to meet a few of the local characters.
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Coming up after this break, the General Assembly honors one of the state's best known survivors,
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Also in Health Check, we'll see why a monkey could hold the answers to some medical mysteries.
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Researchers hoping to find new cures for human diseases today unveiled pictures of the first cloned monkey. It's a breakthrough in genetic engineering that's somewhat different from Dolly the cloned sheep.
Gretchen Carlson explains.
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When he plays with his friends, ANDi looks like any other monkey, but
this 3-month old is the first monkey to ever be genetically engineered.
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ANDis special because he carries that new gene in his genetic
blueprint.
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Dr. Gerald Schatten and his team of scientists, successfully cloned
ANDi at Oregon Health Services University, but the process wasnt an
easy one. While the scientists started with 224 fertilized monkey eggs,
only 40 embryos and 5 pregnancies resulted. And even though 3 monkeys
were born, only one survived.
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In this case we inserted a gene in the genetic blueprint but not in a
specific location next time we want to develop the techniques of gene
targeting.
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Dr. Schatten says that gene targeting could eventually lead to cures for
human diseases like Alzheimers, diabetes, and cancer. And that's what
makes cloning monkeys different from cloning sheep. Up until now, the
most famous cloned animal was Dolly. Now, flocks of cloned sheep
produce human proteins for use in the drug industry -- but cloned
monkeys because they are so much more like humans -- would be used to
fight a different battle -- disease.
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Many of these cures have been developed using mice models for disease
but you know were different from mice.
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Still, theres no doubt cloning is controversial. While Dr. Schatten
says his only purpose is to better understand how genes are regulated
and how the environment may affect them, others are worrying what next.
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By no means do we support any of this to humans.
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But with the technology of cloning monkeys already here the
potential of human cloning is not far away ... and that will only lead
to more controversy. Gretchen Carlson, CBS News.
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As we reported earlier, Virginia Tech Quarterback Michael Vick announced this afternoon he's leaving Tech and will enter the N-F-L draft on April 21.
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Steve Mason is in Newport News and has more from Vick, his family, his Tech teamates and coach Frank Beamer.
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The General Assembly took time out to honor Virginia's most famous survivor today.
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Virginia Beach resident Rudy Boesch (BOSH) won a Bronze Star for 45 combat missions in Vietnam... and was one of the longest serving SEALs in Navy history.
Oh-- and he was also on a CBS show called Survivor.
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((BRUCE JAMERSON/HOUSE CLERK: WHEREAS RUDY BOESCH ENDED HIS NAVY CAREER, RECEIVING.... POPULAR CBS TELEVISION PROGRAM "SURVIVOR."))19
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Boesch called the General Assembly commending resolution a "pretty high honor," and signed a few autographs afterwards.
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